cms_GU: 84

In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
84 GUAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 655000 499 NORTH SABANA DRIVE BARRIGADA GU 96913 2012-01-26 490 E 0 1 J2NN11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility was not administered in a manner that enabled it to use its resources effectively and efficiently to enable the residents to attain or maintain their highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being. Finding includes: 1. The facility failed to ensure that a resident who enters the facility without pressure sores does not develop pressure sores unless the individual's clinical condition demonstrates that they are unavoidable for one of 10 sampled residents, (Resident 4) and one of 5 unsampled residents (Resident (11); and failed to provide necessary treatment to promote healing and prevent infection for one of 10 sampled residents (Resident 6) a resident who entered the facility with pressure ulcers. (Cross-refer to F314.) 2. The facility did not ensure that a resident who was incontinent of bladder received appropriate treatment and services to prevent urinary tract infections [MEDICAL CONDITION] and to restore as much normal bladder function as possible; 1. When the facility did not assess or refer a resident for bladder training or adaptive equipment resulting in accidental incontinence for one of 10 residents (Resident 2), and 2. When the facility did not prevent the development of UTIs for one of 10 residents (Resident 6). (Cross-refer to F315) 3. The facility did not ensure that a resident maintained acceptable parameters of nutritional status, such as body weight and protein levels when the facility did not promptly provide necessary equipment or supplies to ensure that 1 of 10 residents (Resident 6) received adequate nutrition when her feeding tube leaked for six weeks resulting in an 18% weight loss; and Resident 2 did not receive follow up care for weight maintenance. (Cross-refer to F325) 4. The facility did not have an effective infection control program coordinated by a trained and qualified infection control practitioner who was allowed sufficient time and resources in infection control activities including collecting, analyzing, and providing infection control data and trends to nursing staff and health care practitioners; consulting on infection risks and assessment, prevention, and control activities; providing education and training; and implementing infection control practices. (Cross-refer to F441.) 2017-01-01